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    "id": 39156,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/39156/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to this Motion. I am not against increasing the Government’s ceiling. However, I would like to know whether this Government borrows money without seeking the approval of this House. If they have done so, how can we give them a credit limit to go and borrow? How can Parliament guarantee such money? In the past, this has happened. That is why we have had so many scandals. That is why there was a scandal in the energy sector. That is why we have had scandals because people were using money without seeking the Government approval. It is an abuse and, therefore, my question is; as things stand now, we can pass this, but what guarantee can the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance give this House that he is not going to do what has happened in the past? The Government has borrowed without coming to Parliament and every Kenyan is paying for that loan. That is why I am raising the issue that this new borrowing ceiling must be accompanied with responsibility. If you are borrowing a shilling, what is it for? If you go to a bank and ask for money, the bank must know the purpose for that money."
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